title: Surgical innovation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. nelson.heidi@mayo.edu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D062069:Inventions / Q000266:history*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D009613:Nobel Prize